Advisory SVS Severe Weather Statement — Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:23 PM

SVSMIA
FLC011-086-202300-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
610 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD DAVIE DOWNTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOW PULSING DOWNWARD...AND DOES NOT 
APPEAR TO BE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AT THE PRESENT TIME. EVEN SO...THIS 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS 
EASTERN DAVIE...PARTS OF DANIA BEACH...HOLLYWOOD...EASTERN COOPER 
CITY...AND EASTERN PEMBROKE PINES.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN BROWARD 
COUNTY WEST OF US HIGHWAY 27 AND SOUTH ACROSS KROME AVENUE INTO 
WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY NEAR KENDALL. STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH METRO BROWARD AND DADE 
FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS
COVERING ROADWAYS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 2617 8009 2617 8029 2568 8047 2558 8005